Top white, rich and beautiful, the princess is reborn and the revenge story

However, since she had just come out, Zhao Yuanqing was worried about Xu and asked Meng Jiu to go out and keep an eye on her.

Meng Jiu left the room and walked to the corner of the stairs, listening to the noise below.

Xu is 24 years old this year, and is in her prime. During the time she has been in the princess's mansion, Zhao Yuanqing has not abused her. She has eaten well and slept well, and her skin has become translucent, her hair is thick, her eyes are dark and bright, and her lips are red, revealing a vibrant vitality.

In the eyes of men, such women are extremely attractive and represent strong fertility.

Xu had served the former governor Sun Ping and was no longer a virgin. She had the openness and generosity of a woman.

She walked over to the table of three men, stood crookedly, and deliberately puffed out her chest. She said leisurely, "Three big brothers, are you drinking?"

The three men were in their thirties, wearing coarse brown clothes made of dark blue linen wool, with a weird-looking fine cloth turban on their heads and hemp shoes on their feet. No matter how you looked at it, they looked totally out of place.

Xu was a little hesitant.

The three men exchanged secret glances before one of them asked, "Is the young lady from Chang'an?"

"Ah, yes."

"No wonder the elegant language of Chang'an sounds so beautiful."

Xu felt something was even more wrong because she was not from Chang'an. She was a native of Liangzhou and spoke with a Liangzhou accent. She had only learned it from the people in the princess's mansion after coming to Chang'an, so her accent was not pure.

But these people didn't hear it at all. What's more, they spoke in a somewhat awkward way, and their mouths moved very violently when they spoke. For example, when they said the word "极", the corners of their mouths almost stretched to their ears. It was so hard, just like a child who was just learning to speak.

Xu was a little timid, but she still remembered the task assigned by Zhao Yuanqing, so she laughed dryly and said, "You guys don't sound like you're from Chang'an. Where are you from?"

"Oh, ah, we come from the Western Regions and sell pepper here. Look, young lady, this mutton is covered with our pepper."

People in Daqing like to eat mutton, which is mostly boiled and cut into pieces, and eaten with corn rice, or various mutton pancakes and mutton steamed buns. However, mutton has a strong smell, so a layer of pepper is sprinkled on it to remove the fishy smell.

Daqing Kingdom itself did not produce pepper, as most of it came from the Western Regions and South Asia. Therefore, there was a group of merchants who specialized in the pepper business. Due to the long distance, pepper was expensive, and the merchants who sold pepper also made a fortune.

Xu looked down and saw thick-cut lamb on the plate, sprinkled with pepper. Perhaps it was cold, and there was solidified lamb fat on the edge of the plate.

In addition to the mutton, there was also a plate of gourd-head mixed cakes, most of which had been eaten, a plate of fried cherries, only a few of which were left, three bowls of wheat rice, a pot of wine, and a pot of tea.

The dish I ordered was, in four words, neither fish nor fowl.

Sun Ping was a military governor and often led troops into battle, so he was highly suspicious of everything around him. Xu was influenced by him and was also very vigilant.

But she didn't show it, and smiled, "This pepper is good."

She had an innocent and charming smile, which was why Sun Ping doted on her. The three men's eyes lit up, and the man from before became even more enthusiastic. "Young lady, if you don't mind, come and have a few drinks with us brothers. We'll order whatever you want to eat."

"No, no, our meal is almost ready."

"Oh, how many people are there, young lady? Where are you going?"

"Four of us, going...going to stay with relatives far away. Brothers, please have a drink. I'm going back now."

After saying that, Xu turned around and walked away. The three men behind her stared at her with a determined look in their eyes.

Xu walked to the corner of the stairs and saw Meng Jiu. She was shocked and said, "What are you doing here? You're scaring me to death!"

Meng Jiu didn't like her in the first place, thinking that she had no sense of being a prisoner at all. Except for a few days when she first arrived, she was stubborn and not obedient the rest of the time.

"Scare you to death!"

"Pooh!"

The two of them joked for a while and returned to the house.

Xu said, "Fourth sister... hehe..."

She couldn't help but covered her mouth and laughed twice. The princess had punished her severely before and almost killed her, and now she asked her to call her fourth sister. Hehehe, she was also the princess's sister, and she felt so proud when she thought about it.

Meng Jiu scolded, "What the hell are you laughing at! You haven't done anything yet, and you're still laughing!"

Zhao Yuanqing's face also turned cold. When she didn't smile, she was still quite fierce. Xu immediately became obedient.

"Princess, there's something wrong with those three people."

"What's wrong?"

Xu described what she had seen, "They are merchants from the Western Regions, but they are not wearing the wide robes or round hats that people in the Western Regions usually wear. Instead, they are wearing coarse brown clothes that only the lower class wear, and the fine cloth futou that middle class people wear. This attire is not right.

Also, they claimed to be from the Western Regions, ordered a pot of mutton, but did not eat many bites and let the mutton get cold, while people from the Western Regions love to eat mutton the most.

They also ordered cherry pancakes, which are only popular with women, and wheat rice, which is popular with people from the Central Plains. In short, there was something wrong with the food, not like people from the Western Regions.

Zhao Yuanqing nodded. "The pepper business must be very profitable. People in the Western Regions prefer brightly colored clothes, so they certainly wouldn't dress so shabbily and low-key. You've observed very carefully. Is there anything else?"

"Also, their speech is a bit awkward, but it doesn't sound like a Western accent."

"Does he look like someone from the Western Regions?"

"She's quite fair, but her features aren't deep, and she has black hair and black eyes. But there are many people in the Western Regions who look like people from the Central Plains, so it's hard to say."

Zhao Yuanqing pondered. If they weren't from the Central Plains or the Western Regions, could they be from Wumeng or the Turkic Kingdom? No, the people there had higher noses and deeper eyes, and their eyes and hair weren't black. Could they be from Tubo or Nanzhao?

She shook her head again. No, the further northwest you go, the sturdier the men become, and the further southwest you go, the darker the men's skin becomes. These three men are fair-skinned, with black hair and black eyes. Could they be from Goryeo, Silla, and Khitan?

"You did very well."

Xu said shyly, "Let me tell you one more thing. I'm not bragging, but I think these three men are very interested in me. Their eyes are very bold."

Zhao Yuanqing said, "You are indeed very attractive, but there is another possibility. They are not interested in you alone, but in all women."

"You mean, they're lechers?"

"It's possible they're lechers, it's possible they're crazy, there's another possibility, they're in the women business, so when they see a woman, they look at her like merchandise, naturally looking at her wantonly and evaluating her value."

Zhao Yuanqing finally remembered who these three men looked like in their eyes. In her previous life, it was Zhanpaier of Wumeng Country who wanted to give her to a subordinate as a reward, and he looked at her with such a lustful and condescending look.

Later, when she was being pulled away, she struggled desperately. Wen Xing begged and went in her place. In the end, she was tortured to the point that her lower body bled and rotted, and she died of pain.

Since then, Zhao Yuanqing changed. She would kill anyone who tried to get close to her. Zhan Pail was afraid that he would have a hard time explaining himself if she died, so he never dared to torture her again.

Thinking of his previous life, Zhao Yuanqing's heart choked. Zhanpaier, just wait, I will definitely take your life myself.

"Meng Jiu, quietly go to the backyard and take a look at the luggage of these three people. Since they are merchants, they must have goods."

"Yes."